Field Marketing Manager

Circle K Stores • San Antonio, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Field Marketing Manager oversees and supports strategic decisions from the National and Regional level, as well as local. This role oversees operational aspects of merchandise execution and expands brand presence in each market by developing an annual marketing plan, utilizing local opportunities for billboards, radio, and other media. The manager improves results of under-performing assets by developing imaginative and complex methods, procedures, products, systems and/or innovative programs. They analyze financial results, recommend promotions and category changes to meet/exceed established goals, aligning with the National and Regional Merchandising functions. The role anticipates and reacts to competitive activity within each market by reviewing, analyzing, and providing recommendations aligning with the National and Regional Merchandising functions. They ensure implementation of marketing/merchandising plans and initiatives by communicating with Retail Operations Directors and District Managers. The Field Marketing Manager maximizes marketing/merchandising and profit opportunities by visiting local markets to identify and implement best practices throughout the Business Unit and shares results company-wide, following the directives of the National and Regional levels. They achieve financial objectives by preparing an annual budget, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective actions. The role allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analyses. Additionally, the Field Marketing Manager maintains staff by recruiting, selecting, and orienting employees, and maintains staff job results by training, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results. They maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, or participating in professional societies. The role contributes to team effort by accomplishing determined Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company Plan guidelines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing or related field preferred. Other combinations of job-related experience and education that meet the requirements may be substituted.
• Five to seven years of experience working with marketing, merchandising and communication and/or related field; including a minimum of three year of management responsibility.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word/Excel/PowerPoint) and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop/InDesign/Illustrator).
• Must possess well-developed verbal and written communication skills, as well as excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proven success record with media relations/PR campaigns
• Must possess well-developed verbal and written communication skills, as well as excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent project management skills and ability to collaborate with other departments.
• Must be well organized and possess ability to handle multiple responsibilities under constant deadlines with a high degree of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Track record of managing third-party accounts and/or direct reports
• Customer focus: Identifies and understands customer needs and puts them first in all activities and efforts.
• Commercial mindset: Goes the extra mile to drive the commercial success of the company.
• Creative thinker who has proficient design skills

Responsibilities

• Oversees and supports strategic decisions from the National and Regional level, as well as local.
• Oversees operational aspects of merchandise execution.
• Expand brand presence in each market by developing an annual marketing plan, utilizing local opportunities for billboards, radio, and other media.
• Improves results of under-performing assets by developing imaginative and complex methods, procedures, products, systems and/or innovative programs.
• Analyzes financial results; recommends promotions and category changes to meet/exceed established goals, aligning with the National and Regional Merchandising functions.
• Anticipates and reacts to competitive activity within each market by reviewing, analyzing, and providing recommendations aligning with the National and Regional Merchandising functions.
• Ensures implementation of marketing/merchandising plans and initiatives by communicating with Retail Operations Directors and District Managers.
• Maximizes marketing/merchandising and profit opportunities by visiting local markets to identify and implement best practices throughout the Business Unit and shares results company-wide, following the directives of the National and Regional levels.
• Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Allocates program costs by preparing operational and risk reports for analyses.
• Maintains staff by recruiting, selecting and orienting employees.
• Maintains staff job results by training coaching, counseling and disciplining employees, planning, monitoring, and appraising job results.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks; or participating in professional societies.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing determined Financial and Key Result Area targets pursuant to Company Plan guidelines.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager